Barkley said:
A larger device of the same power will always be cheaper, input lag for cloud gaming is already a non-issue for the majority of genres with an ideal setup. As technology advances and the infrastructure with it I think a cloud future is much more likely then a locally powered machine. Everything will run on nearly any device, because the device you are using isn't powering the software. Consumers can pay for what they want, when they want it. Rather then having to pay an initial investment of $300+ to get started, and then another investment when that device is replaced. Businesses will be able to monetize their products in a more cost effective way and have greater control over their services as well. |
Im thinking in 20 or 30 years in future. Things are getting cheaper and powerfull. Visual quality is improving much faster for small devices.
Lets imagine a future scenario, where you have 3 options:
-Think that a normal playstation controller is 60$, and it has processing power for running 8k games with its 20tflops. You can play games at these configurations only needing the controller, and a TV, nothing more.
-And the 300$ big boxes runs 500 tflops. It offer better visuals, but you would only notice if you have a tv at size of your wall, and sitting close to it.
-Now if you decide to go streaming from the big box, youd not buy the 300$ box, but would pay the subscription and a 60$ controller. Same 500tflops power and visuals from the box.
I think first option is the most viable, cheaper and visually great enough to 99% of people. Streaming would be the second choice though. But it cant beat the first choice for small visual upgrade. Also, would have other options, mid end(100 tflops) machines, or high end 2000$+ 2000 teraflops. but the visuals wouldnt be game changing in any of them...
